bobbinnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɒb.ɪn/us/ˈbɑː.bɪn/a small round or tube-shaped object around which thread is put, often to go in a sewing machine
a round or tube-shaped object around which something such as thread, wire, or fibre is put in industrial machines
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- cast on
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- knitting needle
- needle
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- skein
- spinner
- tack
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Examples from literature
- In the earliest days of cotton spinning, the small fibres would stick to the bobbins, and make it necessary to stop and clear the machinery.
- In winding the filling bobbins the girls watch the thread from eighteen bobbins, and replace and stop bobbins by pressing on foot pedals.